WoRMS taxon details

Conus mustelinus Hwass, 1792

215445  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215445)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Conoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Conidae (Family)
  9. Conus (Genus)
  10. Conus mustelinus (Species)
accepted
Species
Conus (Rhizoconus) mustelinus Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus australis Schröter, 1803 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Conus australis Holten, 1802
marine
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus mustelinus Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215445 on 2026-01-18
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-05-18 10:22:32Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-10-27 10:23:08Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2011-08-14 10:20:19Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2022-08-29 07:11:35Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Nomenclature

original description Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Conus australis Schröter, 1803) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320 [details] 

original description (of Conus (Leptoconus) zukiae Shikama, 1979) Shikama, T. 1979. Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific (II). Science Reports of the Yokosuka City Museum 26:1-6, 1 pl.
page(s): 3, pl. 1 figs 9-10 [details] 

original description (of Conus (Rhizoconus) melinus Shikama, 1964) Shikama, T. (1964). Description of new species of Murex and Conus from Arafura Sea. <em>Venus.</em> 23(1): 33-37, pl. 3. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 228. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
English weasel cone  [details]
German Wiesel-KegelschneckeWieselkegelMarder-Kegelschnecke  [details]
Japanese イタチイモ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Conus australis Schröter, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Conus australis Schröter, 1803)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Conus (Rhizoconus) mustelinus Hwass, 1792)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus & capitaneus SPECIAL COLORS) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus ALBINISTIC) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus FREAK) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus GIANT) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus GRANULATE) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus LARGE) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus SET) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus YOUNG) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Rhizoconus mustelinus) (from synonym Rhizoconus mustelinus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus australis) (from synonym Conus australis Schröter, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus mustelinus) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Malacopics (Conus mustelinus Hwass, 1792 Philippines, ARMM, Sulu, Sulu Archipelago, ex coll. F.... 
To Malacopics (Conus mustelinus Hwass,1792 Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Kaliyasem, at 1-3 m dep... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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